Min is an ancient Egyptian god whose cult originated in the predynastic period. He was represented in many different forms, but was most often represented in male human form, shown with an erect penis
Engravings with the character for Min, with sawfish blades and shells, on one of the Koptos statues.
The Min Palette: a mudstone palette with the ancient hieroglyph for Min in relief. Late Predynastic, Naqada III. 3250-3100 BC. El-Amra
God Min, circa 1630 BCE. Min Temple of Koptos. King Intef V, 17th dynasty. Ashmolean Museum
Min-Amun in a relief from the reign of Thutmose III (r.1479–1425 BCE) from Deir el-Bahari
Belemnitida is an extinct order of squid-like cephalopods that existed from the Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous. Unlike squid, belemnites had an internal skeleton that made up the cone. The parts are
Min (god)
…temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu. Cult and worship in the predynastic period surrounding a fertility god was based upon the fetish of fossilized belemnite. Later symbols widely used were the white bull, a barbed arrow, and a bed of lettuce, that the Egyptians believed to be an aphrodisiac. Egyptian lettuce…
Reconstruction of the belemnite Passaloteuthis
The Jurassic Youngibelus reconstructed with hectocotyli
Cephalopod embryonic shells. A) Ammonoidea (B) Sepiida (C) Belemnoidea (D) Spirulida (E) Orthocerida (F) Nautilida (G) Oncocerida (H) Pseudorthocerida (I) Oegopsina (J) Bactritida. IC indicates the initial chamber.